Friday, August 22, 2008

After reading Mr. Litt’s high praise for the recent work at CSU designed by CBLH, a colleague and I decided to share in his joy. I will not comment on the design diarrhea as this is not the forum for discussion of bad taste.

It does preface these curious details over the doors that leave one wondering if anyone was actually paying attention when this project was designed and constructed. Someone obviously took the time to draw this detail somewhere in the documents with no actual thought for how it would be realized in the field.

I am not sure what the intention is, as they do not align with anything, and are resolved quite poorly at the head return. While these will not lead to water infiltration, or a poor thermal seal, they are an insult to the design profession, and gypsum board contractors.

Go ahead and email submissions to Stop Building Shit - Cleveland. As a rule, if you post a complaint or some stupid comment expect it to be remarked upon and posted on this webpage. If you can't stand the attention, then stop being a whore.

Stop Building Shit is a catalyst for the building and design profession to attempt to make a difference through:

Actual awareness of design and building

Some sort of community involvment

A little bit of education

The absolute absence of network interaction

...and, to be the previously unheard and silenced voices of the built environment